Program Overview

Bachelor of Fashion Business

The Bachelor of Fashion Business is a future-focused, interdisciplinary course designed to prepare students for diverse careers in the dynamic and evolving global fashion industry. This innovative undergraduate program integrates core business disciplines such as economics, finance, accounting, marketing, and management, underpinned by a deep understanding of fashion as a cultural and social phenomenon.

Course Description

The course distinguishes itself by embedding sustainability and business ethics through a systems-thinking approach. Students will critically engage with the fashion industry's challenges and opportunities, developing a holistic perspective on responsible fashion business practice. They will study alongside peers in related disciplines, fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration and innovation.

Course Structure

The course is offered on a three-year, full-time or part-time equivalent basis. It covers the fundamentals of business, including finance, accounting, marketing, and management, as well as an understanding of fashion as cultural and social phenomena.

Subjects

• Core subjects:
  • Thinking Fashion
  • Thinking Through Design
  • Fashion Cultures
  • Fashion Intersections
  • Designing Social Change
  • Advanced Fashion Technologies
  • Fashion and Textiles Professional Practice
  • The Economics of Fashion
  • Fashion Industry Futures
  • Business Models in Fashion
  • Fashion Industry Internship
  • Fashion's Regulatory Landscape
  • Fashion Industry Capstone
  • Accounting and Accountability
  • Financial Literacy
  • Marketing and Customer Value
  • Management Skills
  • Managing Legal Issues
  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • Business Ethics and Sustainability

Typical Course Program

The outline below shows an example program for the Bachelor of Fashion Business based on a full-time study load.

1. 21 core Fashion and Business subjects
2. 1 Transdisciplinary elective
3. 2 free electives

First Year

Students will start with the basics of economics through a fashion industry lens, learning to understand how change occurs in the interconnected systems within, including in fashion businesses.

Second Year

Students will continue by expanding into the diversity of for-profit and not-for-profit business models in the fashion industry, and deepen their understanding of design's world-making potential in the fashion industry.

Third Year

Students will gain an overview of the technologies shaping the fashion industry and its operations, including generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI), blockchain, and machine learning, and how these impact fashion business.

Admission Requirements

Applicants must have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification, Australian Qualifications Framework Diploma, or equivalent Australian or overseas qualification at the required level.

English Language Requirements

IELTS Academic: overall 6.5, writing 6.0 TOEFL iBT: overall 79, writing 21 UTS College AE5: Pass Pearson PTE: overall 58, writing 50 Cambridge C1A/C2P: overall 176, writing 169

Domestic Course Fees

2026 Indicative tuition fees for government-supported domestic students: $53,513.00

Career Options

• Business strategist
• Sustainability officer/manager
• Business manager
• Brand manager
• Fashion buyer
• Production/design room manager
• Retail management
• Supply chain manager

Why Study at UTS

With a Design, Architecture and Building degree from UTS, students will build connections with industry from the moment they start their studies and learn the skills to respond to social, cultural, environmental, and economic challenges. UTS is ranked #2 in Australia for Art and Design and #8 for Architecture and Built Environment.